Not your basic BN...ancistrus sp. 'white tip' or what?
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Not your basic BN...ancistrus sp. 'white tip' or what?
If you guys need an underside pic,I could get one. Not sure, but it is probably wild caught. It has white tips not only on the dorsal but also on the tips of the tail fin.
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The pic didn't work for me earlier either, but for some odd reason it seems to be now.
This looks like most common Ancistrus, closely matching the tank-raised species... Which may or may not be A. dolichopterus. Quite a few of em sport the white-tipped fins so it's really no sure thing for an ID. It does have an odd pattern of light blotches on it, which could be stress colors if it was forced out of it's cave for the shot.
Sorry I don't have any better news...the "common" types are the hardest to identify.
Tyler
This looks like most common Ancistrus, closely matching the tank-raised species... Which may or may not be A. dolichopterus. Quite a few of em sport the white-tipped fins so it's really no sure thing for an ID. It does have an odd pattern of light blotches on it, which could be stress colors if it was forced out of it's cave for the shot.
Sorry I don't have any better news...the "common" types are the hardest to identify.
Tyler
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Okay, now I know what you mean by white splotches. Im unsure of what those mean, but no they arent present all the time(ruling out infection). My only guess is that she shows them when she's uncomfy(like eating under bright light or prehaps the camera) or when she's in bright light. The form to "glasses" on her back, and two streaks from her eye to her lips. I could get pics of the second markings.
Okay, now I know what you mean by white splotches. Im unsure of what those mean, but no they arent present all the time(ruling out infection). My only guess is that she shows them when she's uncomfy(like eating under bright light or prehaps the camera) or when she's in bright light. The form to "glasses" on her back, and two streaks from her eye to her lips. I could get pics of the second markings.
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she looks a lot like our plec:
Twinkle
I posted on this forum asking for an ID and it appears she is a standard Ancistrus, not a starlight which we originally thought. (Link to that thread: http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... 5017#35017 )
Ours also gets these white patches occasionally, i've been wondering what they are....
Twinkle
I posted on this forum asking for an ID and it appears she is a standard Ancistrus, not a starlight which we originally thought. (Link to that thread: http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... 5017#35017 )
Ours also gets these white patches occasionally, i've been wondering what they are....
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http://aquahobby.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=10166
Lets see if it works on a different boards script for you. It works fine here, on Planetcatfish, it only works spontaneously. How odd.. This is a head and belly shot.
http://aquahobby.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=10182
At the bottom of this thread is the pic posted here. He's nibbling on some flakes in that photo, not a normal pose.
Lets see if it works on a different boards script for you. It works fine here, on Planetcatfish, it only works spontaneously. How odd.. This is a head and belly shot.
http://aquahobby.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=10182
At the bottom of this thread is the pic posted here. He's nibbling on some flakes in that photo, not a normal pose.
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noname, that fish looks nearly -exactly- like two of my female BN, species unknown, really...
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